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Uralolite from
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Uralolite
Formula:Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3 · 5H2O
Habit:fibrous aggregates of minute radiating bladed crystals
Colour:white
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hydroxylherderiteⓘ2 photos of Uralolite associated with Hydroxylherderite at this locality.
Berylloniteⓘ1 photo of Uralolite associated with Beryllonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uralolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28330:2
GUID (UUID V4):f67a9a28-29a7-4e3c-90c1-d5601e24508e
Nearest other occurrences of Uralolite
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘEmmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘEstes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
URALOLITE FROM THE DUNTON GEM MINE, NEWRY, MAINE: A SECOND OCCURRENCE by Pete J. Dunn Department of...Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 Uralolite, a hydrated calcium·beryllium phosphate, was first...is in the Dunton Gem mine, atop Newry Hill in Newry, Oxford County, Maine. This uralolite, discovered...brown roscherite with a botryoidal surface. The uralolite was deposited contemporaneously with, and after...of a matte granular aggregate of massive white uralolite. and Richard V. Gaines Hoffecker Rd., RFD #1
Report (issue)
Uralolite Ca2 Be4 (PO4 )3 (OH)3 ‱ 5H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...11 (PO4 )3.00 (OH)2.94 ‱ 5.69H2 O. (2) Dunton quarry, Maine, USA; corresponding to Ca2.00 Be4.07 (PO4 )3...pegmatites (Boevskoye deposit, Russia; Dunton quarry, Maine, USA); in a spodumene-rich pegmatite in high-grade...elbaite, beryllonite, lepidolite, albite (Dunton quarry, Maine, USA). Distribution: In the Boevskoye beryllium...Ural Mountains, Russia. At the Dunton quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. From near Taquaral, Minas Gerais
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Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tuc­ son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor­ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...recent is the McDole Trophy—“Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the
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MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...secondary phosphate at the Berry at the gem mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE...RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield. titanium dioxide, was noted many years RHODOCHROSITE,... manganese car­ ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...manganese phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has
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M. Pryce and J. Chester The Amity Area, Orange County, New Y o rk ............................... 85...Mineralogist U.S. Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce...115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August, about five months after...1 BANCROFT AREA I BANCROFT TOURMALINES Loose gem m y xls and matrix specimens M aine to California...Blount Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 The Jeffrey quarry, near North Little Rock, Arkansas, has produced
Book (volume)
Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
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R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline.........................................................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan...issue (double-size!) in our projected series on the gem minerals. In this issue the focus is on tourmaline
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........................ 7 by Arthur Montgomery Gem Tourmaline Rediscovered at N e w ry .....................14 by Dean A. McCrillis Elbaite From Newry, M a in e ............................................makes quarry managers nervous. Col­ lectors abuse privileges, insurance companies worry, quarry managers...frequent? How much longer before there are no more quarry doors to be closed? What can we do NOW to reverse...recent is the McDole Trophy— “Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the
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0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. ‱ .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All
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ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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Korowski and C. W. Notebart Quartz & Pyrite from King County, Washington......................................arrivals list RARE MINERALS FINE MINERALS GEMSTONES GEM AND MINERAL BOOKS &Ann Frazier 1724 University Ave...November— December, 1978 Quartz &Pyrite from King County, Washington by John Medici 7272 Macbeth Drive...all-night gab session at the October ’76 Detroit Gem and Mineral Show. At that time What On Earth, Inc... After further talks at the February ’77 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, followed by correspondence and
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calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...benefit by a review of the fluorescence of natural gem materials, brought together in one place as it is...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from... or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under
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"Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rocks" (1995), Oxford Uni,·ersity Press. Original Russian titles of the...MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence:...Monoclinic Pb 11 Ag(As,Sb ) 18 S36 Locality: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. Ocwrreuce:...with Highway 30, 0.2 km north of Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, U.S.A. (Lat. 46°1'13.1" N, Long. 122°52'39...a new high-silica zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon. A111erica11 Mineralogist 75, 1200-1204
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Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M
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Journal (issue)
ERRATA In the recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol... il colleziom sta (the collecto r) of m inerals,gem s,fossils bentley’s minerals Minerals for beginning...Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little top-qualitymaterialfrom...stone units are well-developed in parts of Smith County and adjoining areas. The average thickness of the...the drilled portion of the upper Knox in Smith County is made with the ore-bearing Mascot and Kingsport
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M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
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